Improvements tack-hammers



F. R. GLASCOCIL- TACK-HAMMER.

Patented May 22,1877,

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NIPETERS. PHOTO LTNOGRAPHE UNITED STATES ATENT FRANK R.'GLASGOCK, OFHILLSBOROUGH, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN TACK-HAMMERS.

Specification formingpart of Letters Patent No. 191,136, dated May22,1877; application filed July 12, 1876.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FRANK R. GLASGOGK, ofHillsborough, in the county of Highland and State of Ohio, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Tack-Hammers; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact descriptionthereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters of reference marked thereon, which form part of thisspecification.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction of atack-hammer, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionappertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, whichrepresents a side view, partly in section, of my tackhammer.

A represents the head of the hammer, of cast metal. B is a wroughtironneck, connecting the cast head A-with the cast-iron handle 0, and in theother end of said handle is a steel claw, D.

The hammer is first molded from a complete pattern, when thewrought-iron piece or neck B and steel claw D are laid in the open moldin their respective places. The metal is then run in, making thecastings O and A.

The ends of the wrought piece B and claw D are notched, as shown at a a,so as to keep them tight in the castings.

The advantages of this construction are, that the Wrought piece B,beingadapted to the part most likely to break, makes a flexible handle. Asteel claw can be used without the possibility of its coming out of thehandle,

and the head of the hammer cannot come off,

FRANK R. GLASGOOK.

Witnesses: 7

AL. S. GLASGOCK, HENRY O. GLAsoooK.

